Participants Watch a Video in Which They See a Series

question 100

Multiple Choice

Participants watch a video in which they see a series of cards, each containing an incomplete word, e.g. S-Y. In one condition, the experimenter holding up the words is white, in the other, she is Asian. Participants in the latter condition were more likely to write down word completions consistent with the stereotype of Asian women, e.g. SHY. The dependent variable in this study is:

• A) the video
• B) the ethnicity of the experimenter
• C) the words
• D) activation of a stereotype
• E) word completions consistent with a stereotype

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